It is said that Thomas Jefferson was such an inveterate tinker that Monticello was in a simultaneous state of being built while falling down.

Likewise this site.

Davidputney.com been in a continual state of repair and renovation since launch. (I’m sure you all noticed the new data-URI/local storage font loader.) My latest change, is a bit more public.

I swapped out the sans serif font Montserrat with another sans, Ginger. It’s a font I’d seen some time ago, but was reminded of it by one of my former colleagues.

Ginger and Montserrat are both geometric... More

One of the first things I noticed about iOS8 was that the default underscore style for anchor tags is a proper typographical underline.

Safari in Yosemite has also adopted this method.

These are nice touches that draw the traditions of print typography and the type of sanding-the-bottoms-of-the drawers attention to detail that websites need.

But the state of default browser underlines remains fairly lousy across the board. In an era when more refined web type is common, it’s particularly bothersome for typographical pedants.

When building Cruxnow.com, I adopted the Medium design team’s method of creating bespoke underlines.... More